View of three wood frame houses on West Fourth Street in Leadville, Colorado. In the right foreground is a close-up of a small L- shaped house with a front gable and intersecting side gable. The corner front porch has turned posts, a spindle frieze...

Close-up view of a Spanish inscription carved in the sandstone at Inscription Rock (El Morro National Monument), New Mexico. The English translation reads: "By this place passed Ensign Don Joseph de Payba Basconzelos, in the year in which he held...

Close-up view of a clay sculpture of a proposed Denver and Salt Lake Railway Company tunnel entrance to be built at both portals of the Moffat Tunnel. The figure of a nude man holds a torch in the air with one hand, and a model of probably the...

Close-up view of a corner entrance to the ticket office for Chicago and North Western Railway Company and Union Pacific Railroad in Council Bluffs (Pottawattamie County), Iowa. The brick building has a turret with metal Sullivanesque geometric...

Close-up view of a Native American (Hopi) woman and pottery on the Hopi Indian Reservation, Arizona. A woman holds a clay pinch pot, kneels on a blanket, and wears a woven fiber blanket or skirt, a striped shirt with buttons, and hair wraps. Large...

Two men work with compressed air, percussion-type rock drills called a stopers in the Slide Mine in Boulder County, Colorado. The men wear work clothes, hard hats, and electric mine lamps. Rocks and boulders litter the floor of the shaft.

Close-up view of a political cartoon that depicts a dog listening to a telephone. Text includes: "'His Maters Value,'" "Promotor," "Los Angeles Capitalists," "Automatic Telephone $$$," and "It Only Works One Way."

Close-up view of a political cartoon that depicts a man with a bag of money standing near Denver, Colorado. Text includes: "Los Angeles," "Automatic Telephone Co.," and "This money goes back to Los Angeles."

Close-up view of a political cartoon that depicts two men, one representative of the Automatic Telephone Company and the other of Denver, Colorado. Text includes: "23," and "Automatic Telephone Promotor Los Angeles, Calif."

Close-up view of a political cartoon that depicts a man with a lantern as he views a telephone. Text includes: "Los Angeles," "Denver," and "Two Telephones," "Two Collectors," "Two Bells," "Two Bills," and "Two Books."

Close-up view of a political cartoon that depicts a rat that eats a large pocketbook that belongs to Denver, Colorado. A man crouches nearby. Text includes: "Los Angeles," "Dotted line shows course taken by promotor to Denver," "Automatic Telephone...

Close-up view of a political cartoon that depicts a man who listens to a telephone. Text includes: "It won't cut the rates but tell them it will," "Make a lot of promises," "Tell them you are a philanthropist (and don't laugh when you say it),"...

Close-up view of a political cartoon that depicts two men in automobiles as they approach a corner where a small man stands. Text includes: "What will the havoc be?" and "The common man will surely suffer."

Close-up view of a political cartoon that depicts a hand with a key and a door lock. Text reads: "The Wrong Door," "Denver," "Promotor," and "The rural automatic phone will not fit the City of Denver."

Close-up view of a political cartoon that depicts men, one who wears a top hat. Text includes: "Automatic Telephone promotor. You must get one of my automatic phone systems. I have sold them to several of the large cities.," "Los Angeles. Be...

Close-up view of a chart that shows bar graphs that concern the percentage of commitments made for "disorderly conduct" and age of the delinquents in Denver, Colorado for the years 1901, 1902, and 1903.

Close-up view of a political cartoon that depicts a telephone, question mark, and referee in a boxing ring. Text includes: "Denver," "Did you make the Bell cut rates in Portland? Has it left town? Why did you leave Portland? Did anyone make the...